Total Crime Rate
596.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
241.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Scarbrook Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Broad Green , and the 20th highest crime rate of 1,070 local areas in Croydon .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Scarbrook Road (CR0 1FN) in the last 12 months was 596.8 per 1,000 residents and was 229.3% higher than the Broad Green average (181.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 241.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 348.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Scarbrook Road (CR0 1FN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near North End, where police recorded 445 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (118 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Croydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North End | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Stile | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Southbridge Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southbridge Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southbridge Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Stile | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Croydon Flyover | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Halstead Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Halstead Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mason'S Avenue | — |
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